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Genetic analysis of beta-thalassemia major and beta-thalassemia intermedia in Brazil.
Hemoglobin - 1 May 1998
Fonseca S F, Kerbauy J, Escrivao C, Figueiredo M S, Cancado R, Arruda V R, Saad S T, Costa F F
Abstract excerpt
The development of methodologies to identify the molecular lesions responsible for different types of beta-thalassemia has made it possible to correlate these data with clinical and hematological severity. We examined DNA from 35 patients with beta-thalassemia, residents of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, for some types of genetic modifying factors: beta-thalassemia mutations, the upstream Xmnl GY-globin gene...
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